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KEN KRAMER’S ABOUT SAN DIEGO: Rosie the Riveter, Flying Car, SDSU Freedom Tree

Learn about some local efforts to build an automobile that flew.
KEN KRAMER'S ABOUT SAN DIEGO
Learn about some local efforts to build an automobile that flew.

Premieres Thursday April 11, 2024 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encore Monday, April 15 at 8 p.m. on KPBS 2 / Enjoy early access for Members with KPBS Passport!

On this new episode we meet a "Rosie the Riveter" who was part of the female workforce building airplanes in San Diego during World War II; learn about some local efforts to build an automobile that flew; see the story of San Diego State's little-known Freedom Tree, and much more!

KEN KRAMER'S ABOUT SAN DIEGO: Episode 92 - April 1, 2024

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Ken Kramer
Carmen at Table

About the Series: KEN KRAMER’S ABOUT SAN DIEGO is a collection of stories about the history and the people of the area we call home. Ranging over all of San Diego County, the stories often deal with little known things about our past, and how they relate to places we see everyday. Almost every thing, and every place in San Diego has some kind of story behind it. This series tells those stories in a fun and informal way. It’s a show about us!

SDSU Freedom Tree plaque
Ken Kramer
SDSU Freedom Tree plaque. Fifty years ago, San Diego State honored alumnus Lt. Col. Charles Scharf (’54, political science) and all MIAs and POWs with a plaque and a tree, a sycamore known as “The Freedom Tree.” The 32-year-old was shot down over Hanoi, Vietnam, in 1965 and was listed as MIA.